Aimee Mann During the ’80s, Aimee Mann led the post-new wave pop group, Til Tuesday. After releasing three albums with the group, Mann broke up the band and embarked on a solo career. Her first solo album, Whatever, was a…
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Spotlight on: Marie Frank
Marie Frank Marie Frank was born on August 28, 1973 in rural Denmark. She began playing the guitar at age 10. She took guitar lessons from a local teacher then joined a girl band when she was in high school…
Spotlight on: Happy Rhodes
Happy Rhodes Happy Rhodes is an enigma. This is according to the Music Industry, which has never been able to pigeon-hole her into any category. Her music is otherworldly yet substantial and her 4-octave voice has a haunting familiarity to…
Spotlight on: Frances Mai-Ling
Frances Mai-Ling Frances Mai-Ling has the ability to create hauntingly beautiful and vibrantly wonderful music. Each piece has a true life of it’s own and envelops the listener completely. It is a fabulous amalgamation of flavors owing to Mai-Ling’s great…
Spotlight on: Rachael Sage
Rachael Sage Rachael Sage, a young East Village New York woman, is a modern day renaissance artist. A pianist, singer-songwriter, poet, and visual artist, Sage has never shied away from a healthy challenge, including founding her own record label Mpress.…
Spotlight on: Stephanie Rearick
Stephanie Rearick Stephanie Rearick has been playing piano since she was six, favoring composers such as Debussy, Bartok, and Tcherepnin, with a little Chick Corea thrown in. These influences show in her writing, which intertwines a classical discipline with a…
Spotlight on: Vienna Teng
Vienna Teng I was introduced to Vienna’s music through someone on the Ecto mailing list (once again). I tell you this list is invaluable! I hopped over to her website and listened to a couple of songs. I was blown…
Spotlight on: Sarah Slean
Sarah Slean Like many other female performers I have recently become aware of, I learned of Sarah Slean through an Internet mailing list. There were so many people that just gushed about her so I surfed on over to her…
Spotlight on: Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan No site on Women In Music would be complete without the fabulous Sarah McLachlan who got it all started for me, at least! As the creator of Liltih Fair, Sarah McLachlan holds an important place in women in…
Spotlight on: Björk
Björk Björk was born on November 21, 1965. At age 5 she attended the music school Barnamúsíkskóli Reykjavíkur where she spent the next ten years studying voice, flute and piano. She released her first album in 1977 at the age…